The only downside was that we started the second half with the same crap we've been doing. We had turnovers on our first four possessions, and all a sudden, our lead goes from 18 to 11.
When he gets the opportunity to be in the open court, he's so good with the ball. He makes good plays by either scoring or kicking it out to other people.
We're the 1986 Celtics when we don't turn the ball over. The fact that we can turn it over that many times and still win a ballgame is a pretty good sign.
It was one of those things we wanted to do tonight, so we could get some reps with it.
In the first half, I thought we were playing well defensively, but we just weren't making any shots. For once this season, it was our defense that held us up.
We didn't let them hang around. We simply put them away, and that was great to see.
It's obviously a very good win because we won a slow-paced game. That was very good because the times when we've lost, we've been in that type of situation. It was a good thing for us to see and, hopefully, our guys can generate a little bit of confidence from that.
With Terry, when the lights come on and it's game time, we know he's going to be very good. He came out and was aggressive . . . He had good energy and was aggressive at both ends.
Offensively, if we don't turn it over, we're going to score, and we did a good job of that in the first half. We can shoot, so when we get a shot at the basket, good things are usually going to happen for us.
Offensively, when we execute, we have enough pieces and weapons that we can put points on the board. It's just a matter of if we'll execute and if we are going to play defense. If we do, we'll be fine.
